Buckled over laughing to learn that “How I Lost the War Against the War and Learned to Love Arnold Schwarzenegger” has been nominated for a 2011 National Magazine Award for Humour.  Many thanks to the very funny Lynn Coady and the most amusing Curtis Gillespe, Eighteen Bridges editors, for commissioning the piece.  Read all the nominees here.

My tenure as Richmond’s first Writer in Residence comes to a close this Thursday evening with the launch of a chapbook of work written by the students in my Fiction for ESL Writers workshop.  Please join us on Thursday March 29th at 7 pm at the Brighouse branch of Richmond Public Library.

Just received: my contributor’s copy of In the Flesh.  This anthology of original essays on our various body parts looks to be a fascinating read.  Andre Alexis, Trevor Cole, Kathy Page, Kate Pullinger, and Merilyn Simonds are just some of the contributors.

Teachers, instructors, professors:  The Sky Is Falling is available to academics at a 20% discount for both individual copies and course orders. Click here for details:  The Sky Is Falling

Which is the title of my new long short story just out in issue 121 of The New Quarterly, on better newstands now.

My essay on my house is now available to read on the Geist website.  Click here.

My residency as the Richmond Public Library’s first writer-in-residence begins with a talk at the Minoru Place Activity Centre.  Come out and hear about the program I have planned for both adults and kids. 7:00-8:30 pm, Thursday 2 February 2012. Click here for more information.

With the arrival of my two latest kids’ books, Jasper John Dooley, Star of the Week, and Middle of Nowhere, I have now published more books for kids than adults.  I’m pleased to announce the launch of a my new website specifically for my children’s writing.  Please visit www.carolineaddersonkids.com and take a look.

I’m the lucky judge of Mother Tongue Publishing’s Great BC Novel Contest.  Polish up your manuscripts and submit!  Click here for details.

The Winter 2011 issue of Geist is on the new stands now.  It features my article “Lives of the House” about the surprising history of the house I live in.  This photo was taken in 1930.